What environment problems do we have to have today?
listen and complete this exercise about what we cand do to make a greener world.
http://www.esl-lab.com/world/worldrd1.htm
How often do you reclycle? Learn how to reclycle different materials as a way of saving energy and conserving the environment. Have a look at this site and choose one of the following issues:
- learn how to recycle paper, glass, aluminium
- how to recycle at home taking into account the 3 "R"s ( reduce, reuse, recycle)
- recycle at school and improve our nature awareness.
http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/
This man has given up his job, family, possessions to build an island that floats on plastic bottles. Can you believe it? listen to the following story and find out!!!
After listening, try to answer the following questions:
1. How long did it take to build it?
2. What was his former job?
3. Where did he move to makes his dream come true?
4. How did he get the bottles?
5. How was the foundation of the island created?
6. What are the measures of the island?
7. The man is self_sufficient. In what sense?
8. Is he alone in the island?
9. How did the Mexican government react?
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Global warming is changing our world. Is it too late? Watch this Greenpeace video and express yourself. Do you agree with them?
Who is the boy blaming for our environmental problems?
According to him what will happen with?
- fish; rain forests; clean air; polar ice; oceans; some countries; famine; epidemics; life-expectancy?
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Try doing these webquests to find out more about the environment
http://www.michellehenry.fr/envirwq.htm
http://www.michellehenry.fr/earthwq.htm
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1. Steps to Improving Recycling
2. food wrappers
3. chemical waste is sometimes produced as a result.
4. the lack of advanced technology to process the materials.
5. government regulation of waste
SUMMARY
Recycling newspapers, collecting bottles and cans and reusing it are things that we can do to protect our delicated environment. But actually, we need to follow these three essential keys to really help the environment: Giving more information and clearer to rise the public awarness about the recycling process, what kind of materials can they recycle and providing ways to dispose of it. Second developing and improving tecnological process and create a stablish collecting sistem. And rising the demand of recycling materials, offering it with a low cost.
http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/
REDUCE
We can reduce the amount of waste buying only what we need, packing products and bottled that we can reuse, preferably with little packaging, and donating unwanted items.
Hazardous waste:
However, many products can not be recycled because they contains harmful chemicals. So we shouldn´t buy toxic products whenever possible, but if we do it, better spend completly the product. With motor liquids as the brakes, take it to a petrol station and not throw it away.
REUSE
We can reuse carrier bags and even, instead of that, we can use paper bags or twist ties which are safer. Also, washing jars and pots and make useful newspapers and cardbords as a packing material. With tyres, to make a tyre-swing or give to the petrol station.
Besides, we can donate old electrical equipment to schools, old clothes or books. Futhermore it´s useful and economic to buy rechargeable batteries that can be use many times before trow it away.
RECYCLE
Recycling is an important factor in conserving natural resources and greatly contributes towards improving the environment. Recycling at home might be easy if we think in buy produducts that are made from recycled material, avoiding hazardous. Then, make sure we keep it in to the different type of bin (paper, glass, organic or plastic).
1. How long did it take to build it?
2 years
2. What was his former job?
Cop
3. Where did he move to makes his dream come true?
Cancún, Mexico.
4. How did he get the bottles?
He started by hand, in his local town collected them
5. How was the foundation of the island created?
It took him 6 months to set a base
6. What are the measures of the island?
The lenght of a tennis court
7. The man is self_sufficient. In what sense?
Yes, he planted his own vegetables/fruits. Palm trees, lemon trees, bananas, coconuts, spinachs, tomatos... He made a washing machine, collects water..
8. Is he alone in the island?
No, he has 2 cats, a dog, 2 chickens
9. How did the Mexican government react?
They want to recognize teh private paradise
1.Two years
2. He was cop.
3.He moved to Cancun, Mexico.
4.He started in his town collected them
5.He set the base of the island in 6 months
6.
7.He plants his own food (vegetables/fruits) he has bambu, palm trees bananas, tomatoes,coconuts,spinach etc.
8.NO, he has two cats, a dog and 2 chickens.
9.the goverment want to tecognize the island as a private paradise.
A Greener World:
1. What would be the best title for this lecture?
-C. Steps to Improving Recycling
2. According to the article, paper materials that are difficult to recycle include:
-C. food wrappers
3. In some cases, recycling could be hazardous to the environment if special precautions are not taken because:
-B. chemical waste is sometimes produced as a result.
4. According to the lecture, the demand for recyclable materials in the manufacturing of new products is sometimes sluggish because
-B. there is a lack of advanced technology to process the materials.
5. Which is NOT one of the main keys to recycling as mentioned in the lecture?
-A. government regulation of waste
To protect the environment we recycle waste, we can have a shower instead of bathe, we can use public transportation instead of the car, we do not have to leave the taps open, and we have to use energy saving light bulbs.
People don´t recycle because it´s very lazy.
1. How long did it take to build it?
It took him 2 years and a half from the bottle collection
2. What was his former job?
He was a cop
3. Where did he move to makes his dream come true?
He went to Cancún, Mexico
4. How did he get the bottles?
He took the bottles in his town
5. How was the foundation of the island created?
It took him 6 months only to set the base
6. What are the measures of the island?
It has the lengh of a tennis court
7. The man is self_sufficient. In what sense?
He has his own plants to eat (tomatoes, lemon, palm trees...)
He also made a wasing machine
8. Is he alone in the island?
No, he has 2 cats, 2 chickens and a dog
9. How did the Mexican government react?
The government is going to recognize it as private paradise
THE RECYCLING CYCLE - HOW MATERIALS ARE RECYCLED:
There are three processes for recycling these materials:
··How paper is recycled
The paper is deposited in the container of paper, pick it up there and take it to a recycling plant, where it divides. When separated, washed with soap and water, then is mixed with water, and sois created the slurry. Addiction created by different types of paper products. The slurry is distributed with rollers. Finally, the paper is dry and it´s reused.
··How glass is recycled
The glass is pulled to its respective container. It takes a glass recycling plant, where the glass is sorted by color and the glass is washed. The glass is triturated and melted and re-molded to form new products. Finally we return to using glass. The glass can be recycled over and over again, and that isn´t degraded.
··How is aluminum recycled
The aluminum is pulled on its container. This is collected and taken to a recycling plant. There, they are sorted and cleaned, then the aluminum goes through a process of fusion and becomes molten aluminum. Aluminum, is joint into ingots. The ingots are sent to factories and there are extended. Finally transformed into aluminum and are sent in six weeks in stores again.
1.-c) steps to improving recycling.
2.-c) food wrappers.
3.-b) chemical waste is sometimes produced as a result.
4.-b) there is a lack of advanced technology to process the materials.
5.-a) government regulation of waste.
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The Recycling Cycle – How materials are recycled?
Paper is taken from the bin and it is deposited in other bin with more papers. Then the paper is taking to a recycling plant where it is separated and washed. After that is mixed with water to create ``slurry´´. The paper is left to dry, and then it is rolled up.
Glass is taken from the bin and taken to a glass treatment plant. The glass is sorted by colour and washed. The glass is then crushed and melted, then moulded into new products.
Aluminium is taken to a treatment plant. There is sorted and cleaned. It then goes through a re-melt process and turns into molten aluminium. The aluminium is become in ingots. The ingots are rolled out and finally is made into aluminium products
Recycle questions:
1.C Steps to Improving Recycling
2.C food wrappers
3.B chemical waste is sometimes produced as a result.
4.B the lack of advanced technology to process the materials.
5.A government regulation of waste
How can we recycle in the school?:
It’s not as difficult as it seems to recycle in the schools.
Maybe we all can help, because in schools we waste a lot of paper that might be putted in other bin, different than the normal one, and every week or month a pupil can go and empty it.
We’re too old to make draws and postcards with the paper we’ve already used, buy children can do it too, it’s easy, funny and eco-friendly.
We’ve talk with our teacher to do it, but I think it’s forgotten (sometimes we’re too busy to remember it, with our exams). It’s a shame.
1. How long did it take to build it?
- He needs two years to build the island.
2. What was his former job?
- He was a cop.
3. Where did he move to makes his dream come true?
- In Cancun, Mexico.
4. How did he get the bottles?
- He collected the bottles in his city.
5. How was the foundation of the island created?
- He took six months to make the base of the island.
6. What are the measures of the island?
- The island is like a tennis court.
7. The man is self_sufficient. In what sense?
- He grows his own food and made a washing machine.
8. Is he alone in the island?
- No, he isn´t alone on the island, he has two cats, two chickens and a dog.
9. How did the Mexican government react?
- The Mexican government wants to recognize the island as a private paradise.
1. How long did it take to build it?
- He spend two years to build it
2. What was his former job?
- He was a cop
3. Where did he move to makes his dream come true?
- He moved to Cancún
4. How did he get the bottles?
- He started to collect the bottles in his city
5. How was the foundation of the island created?
- Only the base took him six months
6. What are the measures of the island?
- It has the lenght of a tennis court
7. The man is self_sufficient. In what sense?
- He plants his own food, fruits and vegetables like bananas, coconuts, tomatoes, etc
8. Is he alone in the island?
- He isn't alone. He has two chickens, two cats and a dog
9. How did the Mexican government react?
- The government wants to recognize the island like a private paradise
http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk
There are many products that can be recycled and also there are many recycling processes adapted to the different types of waste. For example, the glass is recycled by an interesting process. The first step, and the most important, is that the consumer throw the glass to the special glass bin. After that, the glass is taken to the treatment plant. There, the glass is ordered and the machines take away the colour and the dirt of the glass is crushed and melted and the machines give them other shapes that can be used like bottles, bricks and other products. After the melted and when the glass is cold, it's send to shops or factories to they can reusing it. Like the glass not degrade in this process, it can be recycle a lot of times.
1How long did it take to build it?
He spends more than 2 years
2What was his former job?
He was a cop
3Where did he move to makes his dream come true?
He went to Cancun
4How did he get the bottles?
Caught them in his city
5How was the foundation of the island created?
In only 6 months he set the base
6What are the measures of the island?
As a tennis court
7The man is self_sufficient. In what sense?
He seeds plants to eat them
8Is he alone in the island?
No, he has cats and chickens as a pets
9How did the Mexican government react?
They recognized it like a private paradise..
How glass is recycled
The glass that the consumer throws into a recicle bin is taken to a glass treatment plant, there is sorted by colour and washed. Then is melted and then it is used to make new bottles or it has any alternative purpose. Then is sent back to the shops.
It can be recycled because it is not degraded through the recycling preocess
Plastic bottle island
1.- He took 2 years and half.
2.- He was a cop.
3.-He moved to Cancun (Mexico).
4.-He began picking up bottles in his local town.
5.- After 6 months he set the base.
6.-Lenght had to be like a tennis court.
7.-Because he planted his own food. He has palm, bambu....
8.- No. He is accompanied by dogs, cat....
9.-The Mexican government want to recognized these island as a private paradise.
1. How long did it take to build it?
he spents 2 years to build his paradise
2. What was his former job?
he was prepared to be a cop
3. Where did he move to makes his dream come true?
he move to mexico for wear a simple life
4. How did he get the bottles?
he began a collection with plastic bottles
5. How was the foundation of the island created?
the base is a platform that spent 6 months build
6. What are the measures of the island?
fifteen meters by twenty meters
7. The man is self_sufficient. In what sense?
he plants his food
8. Is he alone in the island?
he lives with one cat one little dog and 2 chickens
9. How did the Mexican government react?
the government recognizes the island like one private paradise
HOW DO YOU REDUCE REUSE AND RECYCLE AT HOME?
I think that for recycling at home for example I can turn off light when I don't stay in one room also using energy saving light bulbs also separate waste in plastic in organic waste in glass and the batteries too because there are more polluting. For example turn off the LED on the television or changing windows for windows double glazing you can reduce the energy comsuption but this reason are useless if the people won't change their habits for recycling and saving habits.
bottle island
1 he spent 3 years building it.
2 he was a carpinter
3 to cancun
4 he had lots of bottles
5
6 50 x 25
7 he have his own food with the help of his trees
8 he had cats , a dog, a duck...
9 the goverment says that the island is a turist paradise
1.C
2.C
3.B
4.B
5.A
Build a House From Recycled Products:
We can use lots of materials to build a house with recycled materials.
Is very important because normal materials that people use to build their houses are expensive, and the production process to make these materials its very contaminat.Furthemore, we can enter alternative energies for make a natural house and thereby help the enviroment.
The materials that we can use , are some like cellulose from de newspapres, recycled steel,recyclable plastic and things like that in the way for be better with the Earth.
1. c
2. c
3. b
4. b
5. a
Summary:
The glass thrown by consumers to the recycling bin is taken to glass treatment facilities. Then the glass is divided into colours and washed to remove impurities. Then it is crashed and melted, then it is molded again, depending of which use is needed. The glass is sent again to shops. The recycling process can be repeated again and again, since the glass doesn't degrade.
Plastic Bottle Island
1. It took him two and a half years.
2. He was a carpenter.
3. He moved to the shore of cancun.
4.He started picking up the bottles by hand.
5. The foundation is based on plastic bottles wrapped in a fish-net.
6. The measures of the island is that of a tenis court, about fifteen by twenty meters.
7. He is self sufficient by growing his own food. He collects rain, and even built a solar cooker.
8. He is with two cats, a dog, two chicken and a goat.
9. The Mexican government want's to declare the island as Mexican soil.
1. How long did it take to build it?
he delayed two years and half
2. What was his former job?
he was a carpinter
3. Where did he move to makes his dream come true?
he went to cancun in mexico
4. How did he get the bottles?
he began to collect used bottles
5. How was the foundation of the island created?
he late 6 months and the foundation is made exclusively from plastic bottles, covered with mesh
6. What are the measures of the island?
as a tennis court
7. The man is self_sufficient. In what sense?
the self-sufficient, get your own food and water and everything is natural
8. Is he alone in the island?
yes. and their animals
9. How did the Mexican government react?
recognized as Paradise Island
Questions:
1.- He took 2 years and half.
2.- He was a cop.
3.-He moved to Cancun (Mexico).
4.-He began picking up bottles in his local town.
5.- After 6 months he set the base.
6.-Lenght had to be like a tennis court.
7.-Because he planted his own food. He has palm, bambu....
8.- No. He is accompanied by dogs, cat....
9.-The Mexican government want to recognized these island as a private paradise.
To reduce at home, school and work we only have to take some habits:
- Firstly, we have to know what to buy and to use it, so we can stop buying things we don't need, buy all-purpose things and household cleaners, and products with little packaging. We can also give away things we don't use or sell them to second-hand places.
-Secondly, to reduce hazardous waste, we know that many products can't be recycled cause are toxic but we can reduce them buying non-toxic products when it's possible, recycle motor products, use the whole product before throwing it and don't contaminate or make homemade products that are as useful as purchased items
-Finally, to think before throw, so we can reduce waste and use these objects for other things like the paper can be used for notes, the cardboard, newspaper and bubble wraps like packaging materials, jars to storage and bags that can be reused and wood to crafting or firewood
thanks virginia for your comment. It is a good summary .
Since you have chosen the topic of reducing, reusing and recycling at home you could have included some information about these two last ideas (reusing and reclycing at home) because you´ve focused on reducing waste basically. But anyway, very good summary. Very easy to follow and well written. WELL_DONE!!
Recycling in schools is too important so we need to know how recycle:
First to recycle paper,the schools waste a lot of paper so its important to say to students for dont waste more paper that the necessary,other important point is to organizate a collection of paper in all the class,and finally use recycling paper to do some homeworks.
Second to metal recycling,the most important is in the schools with vending machines, this schools need a recycling bin for cans, and this schools have to find out if there a programme in the area that pay for recycle cans.
Finally with the composting scheme, the schools need to have a compost bin for all the rest of food in the cafeteria, and if the schools have a garden can add leaves,plant cuttings and grass trimmings.
To do more funny the activity of recycle the teachers can preparate plays, fun activities and all the teacher think.
How to recycle paper, glass and aluminium:
-Paper: It is collected from bins and taken to a recycling plant where is mixed with water to create slurry. Then the slurry is spread using large rollers and it can be cut to send it up to the shops.
-Glass: It is collected from bins and taken to a glass treatment plant. There the glass is washed to remove any impurities. Later this glass is crushed and melted to mold it in a new bottles. Finally this new bottles are sent back to the shops.
-Aluminium: It is collected from bins and taken to a treatment plant where is sorted and cleaned. All this aluminius is re-melted and turned into molten aluminium to be later made into large blocks called ingots. Finally the ingots are rolled out and made into aluminium products such as cans.
thanks alot for this information
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